What motivated Joseph Stalin to persecute writers, scholars, and scientists? People in these professions made up the bulk of the Communist Party.

Stalin was convinced one of them would try to overthrow him and seize power.

Many were non-Russians who Stalin wanted to drive out of the country.

Stalin feared they might spread ideas that went against the Soviet government.

Which of the following episodes led to widespread charges that president reagan was not in adequate control? a. the u. s. retreat from lebanon after the bombing deaths of 241 u. s. marines as they lay sleeping in their barracks near beirut b. the trading of arms for hostages and the illegal funding of a right-wing insurgency in the iran-contra affair c. the sale of millions of acres of public lands to private corporations by the department of interior d. the proposal to congress, year after year, of federal budgets with huge deficits that ultimately ended up tripling the national debt

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How influential do you think athenian democracy was on our representative democracy in the united states?